Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-09
AN IMMENSE BUBINEss.

Boeu Built III TINE WY W
ing and selling Nothing Bnt fHst-
Uinss aoods-The improvements at1
r, Munin son's. II
IT, IA but comparatively n few years
since re sdy made clothing was almost
an unknown fact1r In the business OF
this country, and there are many COW
living who can we'll remember the care
With which their parents selected the
cloth. and how the tailor called at their
r. sidepce, to take the measure for their
anita In boy hood days Then |: took time
hefore nit could be procured but now
the tailor business, the came ~ every
thing else has changed and any one VINO
has sufficient OF the root OF Oil evil
can 10 few minutes procure suit ei
we'll. titting clothing which WILL trans
| farm his appt arsncs from that Ca Dsg'
gar 10 o gent.eman.
New York, Philadelphia and all other
large cities have their fashionable and
nonular clothiers, but Wilmington
will rank with any Of them In this
resutct, and can furnish rival for any
lof their boasted establishments In Mul-
lin & Son, OF Sixth and Market streets
Mr. j. r. Mullip, the senior member
Iof the frm, commenced business 10
this city In March, 1880, at NO. III Eas!
Fourth street, but previous to that hsn
lbeen engaged in the clothing ousiaese
for some fifteen yeais In West CnesEi.
when he opened In this city " WAS IN
lsmall place, but his business increaseo
40 rapidly that he was obliged to look
Iout for larger quarters, and in Six
months after coming to Wilmington he
I,eassd the store in the 6aville Building
on Market street, next to the corner Of
1Sixtb, The store on the corner war
then occupied by Elliott & Johnton,
1.-The brokers, and before Mr.. Mu!lin hao
Ibeep In his new quarters q year ne
Ifound IL necessary 10 have more room
The store on Sixth etreet, rear M arket
(which had formerly beeu occupied py
IMr. Saville, WAS then taken, and the
par,itlons removed, giving Mr.. Mullin
an L shaped store. But even then his
business continued to increase 60 rapid
. iy that he was sooa again cramped fof
Iroom, and in 1882 he also secured the
whole corner, and as soon as Elliott "
s IJohnson removed had the partitions
n Torn away, and the entire lower part o'
the building thrown into Que large
lstore.
When lie first removed 70 Sixth and
Market streets he had but one salesman,
Ibut the incresse of business not only
demanded more room but also = cCrre
; .Ilspondipg increase In the number O
Hands, and he now has five sales
lin addition to himtelf and two sUhs
x IThe oldest OF these statesmen is Mr.. Jas
Moore, who has been with Mr.. MuliiI
for six years and is vel known to every
O lone who Is patron OF the Arm. Mr.
Mullins son ID now associated d in busl
tuess with him, and the firm Furnished
steady employ ment to three cutters
lone trimmer and seventy Ave tailor
and tailoresses, about forty Of wtou
work in the fourth story OF the building
and the others take the work TO iheI
homes. During the busy season al
these hands are employed filling til
orders fer custom work, and whenevtl
~ this branch slsckens they are kept but.
~ making goods for the store. The trad
of the firm Ia not confined to this city
but extends over the entire peninsula
aud they have man continually OF
the road taking orders, whose busines
asst week was larger than It has eve
been before.
! Not githstandiug their very larI
store, they found last fail that IL We
an absolute necessity TO have mo;
room, and accordingly the seco2d s.or
leIoi the building was secured, and a
: soon ss the firm obtained possession
Z March 25th. they put O force of skillt
l. mechanics At work to prepare /: iC
their use. An easy stairway has bee
! CONSTRUCTED, leading from the stor,
while this large room, which Is 20 fee
Hong, SO feet wide AMI IL feet high, ha
been fitted up in tho very best msnuel
The ceiling Is handsomely papeted, an
the sids walls are covered with bin
tpaper with tcarlet bcrder about one Zoe
wide. Around the entire room Is wals
ut Iscotting. 3 feet high, which, the saul
as all tho wood work, is finished In asi
1OIOn the Forth side there is an apartmen
"A where customers can try on clo,hin;
there is aito q place for cu,tJ clothin,
while in addition to these there is
ANAL room in tbs rear for bushelmel
where any aiterations can be made {
\ lonce. There are also wash and tcil'
rooms for tho accom- modation OK custo
J mers. The walls are almost covere
Va with mirrors, there being eight, OF ii
best French plate glass, at uiflerel
places around the room, affordinz pu
n chasera every opportunity TO see Il
! themselves exactly how their cloth,
III look and tit. The large windows al
fitted with blinds and curtains, whi
the light at night is furnished by 81
incandesceut electric lights, of go cand
b ipower each.
q The wires for these lights are col
cealed under the moulding, and whel
they are all in service iu the eveniu
the room 10 as light BE day. There al
number OF large tables in this apar
ment, each of which 10 covered wit
do..s, pants and vests Of all kinds, co!ol
and styles to suit all classes. The fri
buys al! the material ut ed In tho r in
mense business from first hands fc
cash, and therefore not only save th
JClJobbers protitF, but also have the di
NOI counts always allowed for cash pay
ments, which enables them to aell iirs
class clothing ct lower rates than it
]obbers. Shoddy goods are etchewe
entirely by The firm, aud all clothin
manufactured or sold by then is of
=. Glass; that they can conscientiously r,
conn The fact that the clothin
from their establishments gives geners
satlslacIlon 10 clearly evidenced In th
phenomenal increase of their busines
as shown above, and ~ seems 80 be bu
question OF short time before the
Will be obliged to use all OF their ia
mense building.
ro Their orders Tor goods are so larg
q, tnat they nre obliged to place ther
montha ahead OF the time they nee
Them. just now every place is file
with eoouB for tho spring trace, ard
seems 3s though there ia almost enoug
clothing Oh hand to supply every ma
and boy iD this city wtti e suit. Thei
m Trade In the custom department is ais
Y large, and at thie season tc. sre aimo
u overrun with orders, oc, their ,ee,l
~ tles arc 30 complete that not the Sigh
est dittoulty is experienced IN silin